New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Ecclesiastes 7
25 I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.
26 And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
27 "Behold, I have discovered this," says the Preacher, "adding one thing to another to find an explanation,
28 which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.
29 Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices."
Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.
2 I say, "Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.
3 Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases."
4 Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, "What are you doing?"
5 He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.
6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man’s trouble is heavy upon him.
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